I will still be here, stargazing
At Iskra's commands, Goose quieted to a lower rumble, tongue flicking between bared teeth as his eyes remained locked on the lumbering beast. The dog was frozen to the spot, unwilling to break eye contact with the infected bear, even after it had passed them and begun to vanish from view. Behind him, Iskra let out a relieved breath, some tension easing as the risky moment passed. The woodcutter even gave a quiet laugh at Deimos. "You asked and the universe listened," Iskra said, also keeping his voice lower to avoid changing the bear's trajectory. The void had simply needed to remind them it was still here, but that yes, they could go one day without it requiring a battle.
Quietly, Iskra returned to his task of inspecting branches. "No, I'm afraid I've mostly kept my head down." Kept it buried, was more like it. "I... don't really know how to fight, and my magic is still pretty weak; haven't been studying enough either." I'm useless, is what he heard himself saying, and some dark part of him agreed. "I feel like I'm so behind everyone else sometimes, that it's not worth trying to catch up any more. So I just keep doing what I'm good at, chopping wood and feeding fires." He skipped over several undesirable boughs as he spoke, glancing at Deimos, certain the more than capable man would feel he was wasting his time here with such a hopeless wretch as he.
Quietly, Iskra returned to his task of inspecting branches. "No, I'm afraid I've mostly kept my head down." Kept it buried, was more like it. "I... don't really know how to fight, and my magic is still pretty weak; haven't been studying enough either." I'm useless, is what he heard himself saying, and some dark part of him agreed. "I feel like I'm so behind everyone else sometimes, that it's not worth trying to catch up any more. So I just keep doing what I'm good at, chopping wood and feeding fires." He skipped over several undesirable boughs as he spoke, glancing at Deimos, certain the more than capable man would feel he was wasting his time here with such a hopeless wretch as he.
Iskra
